Park authorities said the impromptu or “social” trails were leading animals onto the private property of adjacent homeowners, where dogs tend to do what dogs do.

The dog park on Stagecoach Boulevard opposite the western entrance to Elk Meadow Open Space is one of the only such off-leash areas for miles and attracts visitors from Denver as well as Evergreen and Genesee.

Since May, both centers have been operating under the ownership of Centura St. Anthony Hospital, which purchased the clinics from Dr. Kit Brekhus, who is staying with the practice. The new center will be called St. Anthony Health Center Evergreen.

In addition to Brekhus, the support staff and other doctors, doctors Anne Brockman and Mary Lou Hire are moving to the new location. A fourth doctor is expected to join the practice as well.

At the end of two hours, the planning commission leaned toward saying it needed more information and more time to consider the issue. Members voted to hold another hearing Oct. 14 at 6 p.m. at the Jefferson County Courts and Administration Building.

A number of people from the Blue Spruce Road area attended the meeting to protest the ongoing use of a private home at 4799 S. Blue Spruce Road as a rental unit on a short-term basis.

On Oct. 21, 1978, the Evergreen High School Cougars varsity football team became the little team that could. Against long odds, it beat Columbine 29-22 in Evergreen’s homecoming game.

That was the last varsity football game to be played in Evergreen … until now.

Travel forward 31 years to Oct. 2, 2009, and the football team will once again play a homecoming game on its own turf, against the Conifer Lobos. The big game, dubbed the Mountain Bowl, is set for 7 p.m.

The Evergreen High School homecoming game on Friday will have an added attraction this year: Mark Johnson.

While his name might not be recognizable to some, his voice is. Johnson, who will be the homecoming game announcer, is a celebrity of sorts — the play-by-play announcer for the University of Colorado Buffaloes. He’s also sports director at KOA radio, and, more importantly, he’s the father of Evergreen’s No. 44, Nicolas Johnson.

Painter Julia C. Bermann, 96, a well-known member of the Evergreen arts community, died Sept. 16 at her daughter’s home in Evergreen.

Born April 24, 1913, in New York City, Bermann was an artist for most of her life. She attended art school in New York and worked as an illustrator, designer, teacher and painter. Her paintings are in art collections throughout the U.S.

In a profile in the Canyon Courier, she was asked for her advice to other artists.